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The long-nosed snake is distinguished by a long, slightly upturned snout, which is the origin of its common name. It is tricolor, vaguely resembling a coral snake, with black and red saddling on a yellow or cream-colored background. Cream-colored spots within the black saddles are a distinct characteristic of the long-nosed snake.
Rhinocheilus is a genus of snakes, commonly called the long-nosed snakes, in the family Colubridae. [1] The genus is native to the western United States and Mexico . Species and subspecies
The long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake. It is the only species in the genus Rhinocheilus , but has four recognized subspecies . Its specific name commemorates John Eatton Le Conte (1818-1891).
The Texas long-nosed snake is a tricolor subspecies. Its color pattern consists of a cream-colored or white body, overlaid with black blotches, with red between the black. This color pattern gives it an appearance vaguely similar to that of a venomous coral snake, Micrurus tener or Micruroides euryxanthus. It has an elongated snout, to which ...
Northern water snake Colubridae: Pituophis catenifer deserticola: Great Basin Gopher snake Colubridae: Pituophis catenifer sayi: Bullsnake Colubridae: Rhinocheilus lecontei: Long-nosed snake Colubridae: Sonora semiannulata: Western Ground snake Colubridae: Tantilla hobartsmithi: Southwestern blackhead snake Colubridae: Tantilla nigriceps ...
The western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a species [2] of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America. There are three subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies .
The valley garter snake, (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi) is a subspecies of the common garter snake. It is a snake indigenous to North America. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background and their average length is about 1 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 4.9 ft). The common garter snake is a diurnal snake. In summer, it is ...
Rena humilis, known commonly as the western blind snake, the western slender blind snake, or the western threadsnake, [4] is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [4]